KICKOFF 2021 - ROUND 05

ROCKDALE SUNDAY ILINDEN SPORTS 28TH MARCH CENTRE 6.30PM MEN’S CLUB WELCOME

Sydney FC welcomes Olympic to today’s round’s fixture against Wolves washed out, there’s games. We are excited to host the first clash of the no doubt Olympic will be fresh and looking to make season between these two clubs. This will also up for lost time. Our own match last week was be our second home fixture of the 2021 season, equally hard-fought, which we hope to profit from where we hope to maintain a strong record. Having in today’s game. We look forward to an enjoyable bounced back in round 3 after coming out on the evening and what will surely be very competitive wrong side of two very tight games, and with last matches.

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NPLNSW.COM.AU 3 1ST GRADE TEAM LISTS

1 Levi Kaye 1 Nicholas Sorras 2 Cameron Fong 2 Tom Whiteside 3 Aaron Gurd 3 Billy Patramanis 5 Tom Fay 4 Ben Van Meurs 5 Michael Glassock 6 Thomas Main 6 Nicola Kuleski 8 Patrick Yazbek 7 Will Angel 9 Antonio Saracino 8 Jason Madonis 10 Jaiden Kucharski 9 Oliver Puflett 11 Adrian Segecic 10 Brendan Cholakian 12 Jake Girdwood-Reich 11 Adam Parkhouse 14 Aiden Mostofi 12 Zac Mackenzie 14 Peter Kekeris 15 Scott Browning 17 Marley Peterson 17 Jayden Trenkoski 18 Yu Hasegawa 19 Joseph Calusic 19 Darcy Burgess 20 Max Vartuli 20 Luke Kairies 21 21 Fabian Monge 22 22 Fabio Ferreira 23 Callum Talbot 23 Daniel Dias 24 24 25 James Cakovski 25 Harry van der Saag 27 Šimun Miličević 26 Patrick Flottman 30 Brody Mackay 27 Jordan Swibel 35 Mohamed Adam 30 Tom Heward-Belle 70 Chris Parsons Head Coach: Ante Juric Head Coach: Jim Van Weeren Assistant Coach: Steve Bozinovski Assistant Coach: Howard Fondyke Goal Keeper Coach: Paul Henderson Physio: Sam Mahabady Manager: Parry Hatzi Equipment: Paul Oliveri

Referee: A. Arndt Assistant Referees: N. Wotton and M. Staples Fourth Official: B. Merchant

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Sydney FC will be looking for their third win of the However, Sydney Olympic will be a completely season when they host Sydney Olympic at Ilinden different test, with the Ante Juric coached outfit Sports Centre on Sunday night. desperate to make it back to back wins. Since their first years in the NPL NSW competition, Olympic struggled to get going this season, but the Young Sky Blues have come a long way and are after a 1-0 win against APIA in round three will be legitimate finals contenders this season. hoping it is the start of a quick climb up the ladder. Coach Jim van Weeren has moulded his youthful While boasting plenty of attacking talent, it was squad into a team capable of taking down anyone central defender and captain Thomas Whiteside in the competition. who has scored their only goal this campaign. They will be out to take down another giant this Juric will hope his dynamic attackers Brendan week against Olympic, buoyed from their dogged Cholakian, Oliver Pufflet and Jason Madonis find 1-1 draw in testing conditions against Mt Druitt. their scoring touch sooner rather than later. Patrick Yazbek has been in solid form this campaign Sydney FC has been in good form this season and and put his skills on display with a sublime lofted ball will be a true test for an Olympic side struggling to into the box to set up Callum Talbot for the equaliser get it together in the attacking third. last round. It will be an exciting contest to close out round five. Goalkeeper Levi Kaye is another player going through a purple patch of form. He made save after save against Mt Druitt despite the brutal winds and rain.

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POS TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS 1 Sydney United 58 FC 4 4 0 0 12 3 9 12 2 Rockdale Ilinden FC 4 2 2 0 9 4 5 8 3 Sydney FC 4 2 1 1 7 8 -1 7 4 Manly United FC 4 1 3 0 4 3 1 6 5 Mt Druitt Town Rangers FC 4 1 2 1 5 6 -1 5 6 Wollongong Wolves FC 3 1 1 1 4 5 -1 4 7 Blacktown City FC 4 1 1 2 3 5 -2 4 8 Marconi Stallions FC 4 0 3 1 7 8 -1 3 9 Sydney Olympic FC 3 1 0 2 1 2 -1 3 10 Sutherland Sharks FC 3 0 2 1 3 5 -2 2 11 Northbridge Bulls FC 4 0 2 2 7 10 -3 2 12 APIA Leichhardt FC 3 0 1 2 1 4 -3 1

NPLNSW.COM.AU 5 FIRST GRADE REVIEWS

Sydney FC - WASHED OUT Mt Druitt Town Rangers 1 – Sydney FC 1 at Wanderers Football Park Sydney FC has clung on for a 1-1 draw with Mt Druitt Town Rangers in wild weather conditions at Wanderers Football Park on Saturday night In a match dominated by gale-force winds and torrential rain, The Young Sky Blues clung on for a point as a wasteful Rangers were unable to make the most of their chances. Sydney FC looked on track to snatch a shock win as Calum Talbot latched onto a sublime pass from Patrick Yazbek midway through the first half to give the visitors the lead against the run of play. However, A dramatic reshuffle swung the game in Mt Druitt’s favour after the interval with substitute Jack Stewart finding a crucial equaliser. It could’ve been three points for the home side but wasteful finishing in front of goal meant they had to settle for the draw.

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Patrick Antelmi Sydney United 58 5 Rockdale Illinden 4 Kyle Cimenti Rockdale Ilinden 4 Sydney United 58 3 Matt Sim Sydney United 58 3 Marko Jesic Marconi 3 Rory Jordan Northbridge Bulls 3 John Roberts Mt Druitt Town Rangers 2 Jaiden Kucharski Sydney FC 2 Anthony Frangie Marconi 2

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4 Nathan Grimaldi Lachlan Mills 7 Aidan Simmons Nathan Paull 13 Clayton Taylor Nikola Skataric 16 Stevan Stanic-Floody Phillip Gigliotti 18 Oscar Priestman Aleksandar Duricic Corey Hollman Andrew Vlahadamis Hunter Elliott Brae Ovens Kai Kamikura Hayden Matthews

Coach: Howard Fondyke *Sydney FC have indicated that all Under 20’s Assistant Coach: Liam Fitz-Gerald shirt numbers will change weekly.

28 James Tanoski 38 Frank Puric 29 Chan Deng 39 Peter Politis 32 Juan Da Silva 40 Matteo Scali 33 Jaeryun Kim 41 Blair Smith 36 Matthew Scarcella 43 Mohammed Khamis 37 Dimitri Gremos

Head Coach: Jim Patikas Manager: Con Haramis

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POS TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS 1 Manly United FC 4 3 0 1 10 1 9 9 2 Sydney Olympic FC 3 3 0 0 8 1 7 9 3 Sydney FC 3 2 1 0 6 2 4 7 4 Sutherland Sharks FC 3 2 0 1 5 2 3 6 5 Northbridge Bulls FC 3 2 0 1 6 5 1 6 6 APIA Leichhardt FC 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4 7 Blacktown City FC 4 1 1 2 5 6 -1 4 8 Marconi Stallions FC 3 1 1 1 1 3 -2 4 9 Mt Druitt Town Rangers FC 3 1 1 1 2 5 -3 4 10 Wollongong Wolves FC 3 1 0 2 3 5 -2 3 11 Sydney United 58 FC 4 0 1 3 2 9 -7 1 12 Rockdale Ilinden FC 4 0 0 4 2 11 -9 0

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CLUB PLAYED U20’s 1st TOTAL Sydney United 58 FC 8 2 48 50 Manly United FC 8 18 24 42 Sydney FC 7 14 28 42 Rockdale Ilinden FC 8 0 32 32 Sydney Olympic FC 6 18 12 30 Mt Druitt Town Rangers FC 7 8 20 28 Blacktown City FC 8 8 16 24 Wollongong Wolves FC 6 6 16 22 Marconi Stallions FC 7 8 12 20 Northbridge Bulls FC 7 12 8 20 Sutherland Sharks FC 6 12 8 20 APIA Leichhardt FC 6 8 4 12

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NEXT ROUND FIXTURES MARCONI STALLIONS FC VS MT DRUITT TOWN RANGERS FC VS WOLLONGONG WOLVES FC SYDNEY OLYMPIC FC 4:00 PM / FRI 2 APR 7:00 PM / SAT 3 APR POPONDETTA PARK

MANLY UNITED FC VS SYDNEY FC ROCKDALE ILINDEN FC VS 7:00 PM / FRI 2 APR CROMER PARK APIA LEICHHARDT FC 3:00 PM / SUN 4 APR ROCKDALE ILINDEN SUTHERLAND SHARKS FC VS SPORTS CENTRE BLACKTOWN CITY FC 3:30 PM / SAT 3 APR SEYMOUR SHAW SYDNEY UNITED 58 FC VS NORTHBRIDGE BULLS FC 4:00 PM / MON 5 APR SYDNEY UNITED SPORTS CENTRE (MAP)SELECTED TEAMS

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ROUND 3 14/03/21 (Sun) 18:30 Northbridge Bulls FC ROUND 5 28/03/21 (Sun) 18:30 Sydney Olympic FC ROUND 7 11/04/21 (Sun) 18:30 Sutherland Sharks FC ROUND 8 18/04/21 (Sun) 18:30 APIA Leichhardt FC ROUND 10 02/05/21 (Sun) 18:30 Wollongong Wolves FC ROUND 12 16/05/21 (Sun) 18:30 Marconi Stallions FC ROUND 13 23/05/21 (Sun) 18:30 Sydney United 58 FC ROUND 15 06/06/21 (Sun) 18:30 Mt Druitt Town Rangers FC ROUND 17 20/06/21 (Sun) 18:30 Manly United FC ROUND 20 11/07/21 (Sun) 18:30 Blacktown City FC ROUND 22 25/07/21 (Sun) 15:00 Rockdale Ilinden FC

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